I’m currently trying to preform the guitar pick tweak on my LBW and I’ll not having any luck, it keeps going way to high (like painfully shrill). So I was wondering: should your whistles already be sticky tacked before you preform this tweak? Cuz I havent sticky tacked it (I’m all out and the LBW used up my “whistle allowance” 
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I’ve always sticky-tacked them first, but I’m not sure that’s the problem. Getting the pick adjusted exactly right can be a delicate operation. On my Feadog, the pick is pushed so slightly forward that it can appear lined up with the original blade. Try adjusting it in tiny tiny tiny increments.
Tery
this tweaking stuff is really a science (or art ((or insanity))). i hammered away at a clarke a few weeks ago - and… well, it still plays, but not improved. i guess i missed a lesson or two in shop or physics.
- tom
You must put a TINY piece of sticky tack on the whistle lip to hold the plastic piece…just enough to hold it in place temporarily. (I prefer to cut the plastic from a very thin plastic bottle. I think guitar picks are too thick). Cut the piece wide enough to fit snugly into the width of the window. Push it down hard on the sticky tack. The sticky tack should be so thin it doesn’t show. It should not squeeze out when you push. If it does, reduce the quantity. VERY little will do. To adjust it, press down hard, with very slight pressure towards and away from the window. I have noticed big changes in sound even when the plastic doesn’t appear to move at all. Once you have the sound you want, use a drop of crazy glue to hold things in place. Don’t apply the crazy glue too soon. Play it for an evening. You may start to notice things. Even after applying the crazy glue you can pull the plastic off, scrape things clean and try again. All this fun for about the price of a six pack…and it’s doesn’t make your breath smell bad! Other people may have better ways of doing this, but this is how I proceed. I’m thinking of renaming myself Cillian O’Muckian.